To qualify for publicly funded fertility treatment (at $1000+ a go it’s our only choice) I have to have a BMI of 32. I’m super short so the BMI is useless for me, like it is for muscle-heavy people. But the doctors do love it so. For a 5′3″ person a BMI of 32 means 82kg or 180lb. I’ve always been on the solid side. I left 82kg behind 10 years ago. In the 2.5 years since I met Dave I have sat on and crushed 82kg into dust.
My first weight in on July 20th (roughly) was….*gulp* 113.7kg. Yikes! 250lb dead even and 70 lb to lose. I have set myself a very optimistic but also very hopeful target of 70lb in 6 months. My first fertility appointment is August the 3rd so by February 3rd 2010 I want to weight 82kg/180lb. A BIG ask. But I’m excited. I look good at that weight, I am very excited to look and feel good again. No more sore knees, no hunching over huffing after a flight of stairs. Muscle tone. Short sleeves and a skirt. And the very best icing on the cake, the baby we so badly want. Bring it on. So I will weigh myself once a month or so and update this page when I do. I’ll take a ‘before’ photo soon too. Gotta psych myself up for that one!
Weight loss progress:
First weigh in – 20th July 09: 113.7kg/250lb; This was with jeans on, they weight alot so I will make my starting weight 112kg/246lb.
3rd August 09: 110.4kg/243lb! I lost 1.6kg/3lb in 2 weeks! I halved my coke intake, banned peanut butter and ate lots of salad and yoghurt. Now to start the walking!
7th September 09: 105kg/231lb!! I don’t feel any thinner but apparently I have lost 7kg/15lb in approximately 7 weeks!! This wasn’t on digital scales, I would prefer to be more precise if possible but there’s only so many times I can weigh myself at a department store! Still I am happy with my progress considering I could easily do a LOT more.
6 Comments
July 26, 2009 at 10:00 am
what an awesome, brave thing to be doing! i’m at the opposite end of the game, i’m trying to lose weight AFTER having a baby. but i will definitely keep up with your progress, and if it helps, will keep you updated with mine. we might encourage each other along? my starting weight is 101kgs as of this morning. we can do this! : )
July 26, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Go for it !!
You will never regret the hard work to get there .
July 27, 2009 at 7:39 am
You can do it! And to help encourage you, I have decided to give up chocolate! I clearly must be crazy, but I have done it. It’s been 2 or 3 days now. I think it’s more realistic for me to give up chocolate than try to go on a fabric diet
September 2, 2009 at 9:32 am
hey hun, how’re things going? i don’t seem to be having much luck.. have only lost a kilo! that said i have only just started with the walking so we’ll see how i go with that.
x
will look fwd to an update from you
September 10, 2009 at 12:48 pm
15 lbs. is a nice loss!! keep on keepin’ on
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September 15, 2009 at 2:40 pm
congrats! 15 pounds in 7 weeks is fantastic. After all, you want to loose the weight gradually and healthily (is that word?!).
have you weened yourself off soda pop yet?! you could make healthy fruity sodas by buying selzer or soda water and then adding some fruit juice. of course it would taste different, but you’d still get the fizziness and taste/texture of soda pop.